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DANGEROUS TRUCKING COMPANIES * USA: Legs Transport
* Illinois - Driver accuses trucking company of forcing him to falsify logs
Chicago,ILL,USA -NBC Chicago, by Phil Rogers -13 Oct 2014: -- A suburban trucking company expected its drivers to stay on the road far beyond what is allowed by law, according to a driver who says he was fired for refusing a long run to Mississippi... That driver, who asked to remain anonymous, said that when he told his bosses at Legs Transport in Bellwood that he was being forced to falsify the logs which all truckers are required to maintain... "I was basically told to change my logs if I wanted to keep my job,” that driver said. He cited an example of an August trip he made to Golden, Colorado, which required him to spend 16 hours on the road on the way out, and another 19 hours on the return trip to Chicago. On that trip, he said his logs indicated that he had been driven by someone else to Lincoln, Nebraska to pick up the truck. But he said that was untrue, that the trip originated in suburban Chicago. “I had to do it,” he said. “If I didn’t do it, they’d just find another driver that would” ... Federal rules state drivers cannot be on the road more than 11 hours without a 10 hour break... Legs Transport refused NBC 5’s repeated requests for an interview, and ordered a producer off of their property when she attempted to get comment. But the driver provided a tape, which he said he made on his telephone from an exit interview, where he allegedly confronted his bosses about the long hours and falsified documents...
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